She was keeping an eye on them, breathing to their side all the time.“Chase sequence?” grinned Matt.“Oh yes!” Jim agreed. He climbed up the st...eps into the gallery that ran all along one side of the pool, setting his phone to video. He took a seat in the upper row. Watching Matt stripping off, he quickly stripped himself.Nikki thought it was nice to swim in the nude, for the first time ever. She had to admit she’d fantasised about it once or twice. The water flowing all over her entire body did. Without saying a word he passed her a beer, raised his glass to clink against hers and took a sip. Finally he said, "Andy, you are unbelievably beautiful. But what did you do to your hair?"Running her hand through her coarsely shorn head she replied softly, "It's what happens when you cut your own hair using a carving knife while not having access to a mirror. Anyway, it served its purpose." Which was?" To get the dumb stuff off my shoulders so the whip wouldn't get caught in it when I'm. ‘But these fellows were too crafty ... they broke my communicator the moment they appeared! If I didn’t keep the Eruptive Dark Snapper in my venom gland, I’d not had the chance to use it’. His heartbeat thumped rapidly. ‘But I can’t believe it, if Martial brother Zax didn’t warn me in advance, I would have thought he really he really came and attacked!’Everything happened so fast, even a first level Martial Mortal like Mes had difficulties comprehending the chain of events that just passed..... “Yes, she sure does. Are you sure you don't want to come with us, tonight, honey?” Fran asked.“That's okay, I'd probably embarrass myself on the dance floor with Maya, and get in a lot of trouble with you, babe. But I'm starting to think I should hire some eunuch from a harem to be your bodyguard, ladies,” Joe said.“How much time do we have before dinner?” Fran asked. “I'd like to show Maya something.”“Will a half hour be enough?” Joe asked.“Twenty minutes and thirty-nine seconds will do it..